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I decided to go back to school after I got fired from Barclay’s Bank because of my status. I was diagnosed in January 1988. My daughter was breast feeding at the time. I just got sick, and went to one doctor, another one, and another one, and it wasn’t getting better. And so eventually the […]

I found out about my HIV status 20 years ago, that was in 1990, I think. And, how I found out is when I had a cough, a persistent cough that didn’t go off. I was given medication for a while. And every time that I stopped medication, the cough would come. And then I […]

I’m open about my status, so I do not care who I talk to when I am down. But I hardly go down because I rarely remember about HIV. It’s because I’ve internalized HIV in me, just the same way I have arms, or like my hand, or like my eye. I have to live […]